I'm a free speech bigot. I don't like censorship; I just don't think it's a good thing.

New York's niche is content, and content is becoming more valuable. Just think about what is more valuable: MTV or the cable system that you use to get MTV? Howard Stern or the radio station you use to listen to him? Ultimately, technology becomes a commodity, and content - real, true branded content - becomes more valuable.

Customers are a great way to finance a business for many reasons. First, customer financing is typically non dilutive. They want something from you other than equity in your business. Customers also help you fit your product to the market. And customers will help debug and improve the quality of the product.

There is a difference between hiring a CEO and turning over control of the business.

Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook.

There are so many startups out there raising money. I don't think this is a bad thing. It's a good thing. Entrepreneurship is in vogue. Innovators are innovating. Makers are making.

Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven.